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America's summer of floods: What cities can learn from today's climate crises to prepare for tomorrow's

  • Written by Richard B. (Ricky) Rood, Professor of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering and School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan
imageFlash flooding made a mess in Dallas in August 2022.AP Photo/LM Otero

Powerful storms across the South, following flash floods in Dallas, Death Valley, St. Louis, Yellowstone and Appalachia, have left cities across the U.S. questioning their own security in a warming climate.

Dallas was hit with nearly 15 inches of rain that turned roads into rivers...

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